A Canvas of Turmoil During Istanbul Art Fair
Daniel Etter for The New York Times
A Biennial Moves Indoors: The Istanbul Biennial, which organizers had hoped to install in public spaces, opens to the public in indoor spaces on Saturday.
By RACHEL DONADIO
Published: September 13, 2013
ISTANBUL — Back in January, Fulya Erdemci, the curator of this year’s Istanbul Biennial, decided to focus the exhibition on art in public spaces. The city was booming, but at what cost, and for whose benefit? It had become the central question there. Ms. Erdemci wanted artists to engage with the issue, and citizens to engage with public art.
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